'Thundersnow' and hail hit parts of Greater Manchester this morning in a sudden storm. Rumblings of thunder were heard across the region before what appeared to be hail began coming down in ferocious downpours.
Roads in many areas were covered with the white stuff in a matter of minutes. People living in areas including Oldham, Tameside and the city centre posted pictures of surfaces looking like they would following a snowstorm before the sun quickly broke back out ahgain.
Local Twitter forecaster Oldham Weather said he believed it was in fact Graupel, small pellets formed when supercooled water droplets freeze onto a snow crystal.
